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Editorial: Add <header> (sectionheader) and <footer> (sectionfooter) html-aam mappings #2543

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Add sectionfooter, sectionheader html-aam mappings
Jun 6, 2025
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Remove generic clause
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Another removal
Jun 18, 2025
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rebase on main
scottaohara Jun 25, 2025
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clarifications around how the elements are to be mapped
scottaohara Aug 28, 2025
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fix last bullet for each condition
scottaohara Aug 28, 2025
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Undo prettier changes
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Merge branch 'main' into rahim/update-sectionheader-sectionfooter-map…
keithamus Oct 21, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into rahim/update-sectionheader-sectionfooter-map…
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Expand Up @@ -2499,13 +2499,14 @@ <h4 id="el-footer">`footer` (scoped to the `main` element, or a sectioning conte
</tr>
<tr>
<th>[[wai-aria-1.2]]</th>
<td><a class="core-mapping" href="#role-map-generic">`generic`</a> role</td>
<td>
<a class="core-mapping" href="#role-map-sectionfooter">`sectionfooter`</a> role
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><a data-cite="core-aam-1.2/#roleMappingComputedRole">Computed Role</a></th>
<td class="role-computed">
<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
<div class="note">Editorial Note: This value may change upon resolution of <a href="https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1915">ARIA #1915</a>.</div>
</td>
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<!-- <th><a href="#accessible-name-and-description-computation">Naming Algorithm</a></th> -->
<tr>
<th>Comments</th>
<td>If a `footer` is not scoped to the `body` element, do not expose the element as a `contentinfo` landmark.</td>
<td>
User agents and assistive technology MAY not expose the `sectionfooter` role if the element:
<ul>
<li>has no <a data-cite="accname-1.2/#dfn-accessible-name">accessible name</a></li>
<li>is not keyboard focusable</li>
<li>has no other global ARIA attributes or HTML attributes that expose information to user agent's <a class="termref">accessibility tree</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th>[[wai-aria-1.2]]</th>
<td><a class="core-mapping" href="#role-map-generic">`generic`</a> role</td>
<td>
<a class="core-mapping" href="#role-map-sectionheader">`sectionheader`</a> role
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><a data-cite="core-aam-1.2/#roleMappingComputedRole">Computed Role</a></th>
<td class="role-computed">
<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
<div class="note">Editorial Note: This value may change upon resolution of <a href="https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1915">ARIA #1915</a>.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<!-- <th><a href="#accessible-name-and-description-computation">Naming Algorithm</a></th> -->
<tr>
<th>Comments</th>
<td>If a `header` is not scoped to the `body` element, do not expose the element as a `banner` landmark.</td>
<td>
User agents and assistive technology MAY not expose the `sectionheader` role if the element:
<ul>
<li>has no <a data-cite="accname-1.2/#dfn-accessible-name">accessible name</a></li>
<li>is not keyboard focusable</li>
<li>has no other global ARIA attributes or HTML attributes that expose information to user agent's <a class="termref">accessibility tree</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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